Wall Street's Four Main Benchmarks Start the Week Higher as Inflation Data Nears

Equity Insider News Commentary - All four of the main U.S. stock benchmarks were trading higher in the first half hour of Monday's session. As of 9:57 a.m. ET, the S&P 500 was up 125.70 points, or 1.70%, at 7,502.56, the Nasdaq Composite was up 539.15 points, or 2.19%, at 25,118.58, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 727.61 points, or 1.42%, at 52,013.34, and the small cap Russell 2000 was up 53.59 points, or 1.95%, at 2,807.70. The broad start comes one day before the Bureau of Labor Stati